Prp said:
here we go again. if i havent got a internet connection to use cvsup ... But how can i update individual progs? does someone have an idea?
prp
If you can get access to the internet somewhere you can do the following, which I have done in the past. It's time consuming but it will get the job done.
1) Goto the
FreeBSD Ports Page
2)Type in the name of the port you want to upgrade in the search box.
3) When the search finishes scroll to the exact port. Click on the
SOURCE link. It will download the source.
NOW THE REAL TIME CONSUMING PART.
4)Under the port it will list all the required ports, click on each one and repeat step 3.
5) Once you have all that done, you burn everything to CD or DVD or what ever.
6) Take the disc to the machine without the internet and copy everything to
/usr/ports/distfiles. Hopefully you got everything. Also, some port such as KDE and GNOME require a subdirectory under distfiles, you'll be able to tell from the error messages you may get when trying to build the port.
7) Now build the port using your perferred method - make install, portupgrade what ever. Hopefully you'll have all the dependencies and the correct version number too! If not it back to step 1.
Hope that helps...